{"id":8487,"date":"2018-04-17T07:45:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T07:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=8487"},"modified":"2018-04-17T11:55:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T11:55:54","slug":"child-slavery-reality-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/child-slavery-reality-in-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Child slavery, reality in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While 16April is the international day for the abolition of child slavery, child rights activist says the latter affects most poor families and orphans who are left to struggle on their own.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8488\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8488\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8488\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simbananiye-300x240.png\" alt=\"Ferdinand Simbananiye: \u201cBoth internal and external child slavery exist in Burundi\u201d\" width=\"358\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simbananiye-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simbananiye.png 587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ferdinand Simbananiye: \u201cBoth internal and external child slavery exist in Burundi\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ferdinand Simbaruhije, Secretary General of Burundi National Federation of Child Rights Organizations (FENABEB), says there are two categories of child slavery: \u201cExternal slavery is when children are sent to foreign countries and are physically or sexually abused. Internal slavery is when children remain inside the country but are exploited in different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simbaruhije says both cases have been observed in Burundi. \u201cThere are children who are sent for instance to Arab countries to do domestic works but are sometimes sexually exploited. Even inside the country, there are also some cases where children are exploited\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also says children are sometimes overworked compared to their age and physical ability. The case in point is that of children who work in mine sector.<\/p>\n<p>Simbananiye says most of those children are from poor families. \u201cOrphans and children from poor families are the ones who are most often affected\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He calls for everyone\u2019s responsibility to fight against child slavery in Burundi. \u201cParents have to think twice before sending their children abroad. The administration also has to get involved in children protection\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This children rights activist says this day should be an occasion to recall the government, children\u2019s rights activists and parents that they are responsible for the fight against children exploitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While 16April is the international day for the abolition of child slavery, child rights activist says the latter affects most poor families and orphans who are left to struggle on their own. Ferdinand Simbaruhije, Secretary General of Burundi National Federation of Child Rights Organizations (FENABEB), says there are two categories of child slavery: \u201cExternal slavery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,670],"tags":[1212,113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8489,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8487\/revisions\/8489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}